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The Moon55 Verses19 Hadithsmakkah

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

54:1
ٱقۡتَرَبَتِ
Has come near
ٱلسَّاعَةُ
the Hour
وَٱنشَقَّ
and has split
ٱلۡقَمَرُ
the moon
١
The Hour has come near, and the moon has split [in two].1
54:2
وَإِن
And if
يَرَوۡاۡ
they see
ءَايَةً
a Sign
يُعۡرِضُواۡ
they turn away
وَيَقُولُواۡ
and say
سِحۡرٌ
Magic
مُّسۡتَمِرٌّ
continuing
٢
And if they see a sign [i.e., miracle], they turn away and say, "Passing magic."1
54:3
وَكَذَّبُواۡ
And they denied
وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاۡ
and followed
أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ‌ۚ
their desires
وَكُلُّ
but (for) every
أَمۡرٍ
matter
مُّسۡتَقِرٌّ
(will be a) settlement
٣
And they denied and followed their inclinations. But for every matter is a [time of] settlement.
54:4
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
جَآءَهُم
has come to them
مِّنَ
of
ٱلۡأَنۢبَآءِ
the information
مَا
wherein
فِيهِ
wherein
مُزۡدَجَرٌ
(is) deterrence
٤
And there has already come to them of information that in which there is deterrence.
54:5
حِكۡمَةُۢ
Wisdom
بَـٰلِغَةٌ‌ۖ
perfect
فَمَا
but not
تُغۡنِ
will avail
ٱلنُّذُرُ
the warnings
٥
Extensive wisdom - but warning does not avail [them].
54:6
فَتَوَلَّ
So turn away
عَنۡهُمۡ‌ۘ
from them
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
يَدۡعُ
will call
ٱلدَّاعِ
the caller
إِلَىٰ
to
شَىۡءٍ
a thing
نُّكُرٍ
terrible
٦
So leave them, [O Muḥammad]. The Day the Caller1 calls to something forbidding,
54:7
خُشَّعًا
(Will be) humbled
أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ
their eyes
يَخۡرُجُونَ
they will come forth
مِنَ
from
ٱلۡأَجۡدَاثِ
the graves
كَأَنَّهُمۡ
as if they (were)
جَرَادٌ
locusts
مُّنتَشِرٌ
spreading
٧
Their eyes humbled, they will emerge from the graves as if they were locusts spreading,
54:8
مُّهۡطِعِينَ
Racing ahead
إِلَى
towards
ٱلدَّاعِ‌ۖ
the caller
يَقُولُ
Will say
ٱلۡكَـٰفِرُونَ
the disbelievers
هَـٰذَا
This
يَوۡمٌ
(is) a Day
عَسِرٌ
difficult
٨
Racing ahead toward the Caller. The disbelievers will say, "This is a difficult Day."
54:9
۞كَذَّبَتۡ
Denied
قَبۡلَهُمۡ
before them
قَوۡمُ
(the) people
نُوحٍ
(of) Nuh
فَكَذَّبُواۡ
and they denied
عَبۡدَنَا
Our slave
وَقَالُواۡ
and said
مَجۡنُونٌ
A madman
وَٱزۡدُجِرَ
and he was repelled
٩
The people of Noah denied before them, and they denied Our servant and said, "A madman," and he was repelled.
54:10
فَدَعَا
So he called
رَبَّهُۥٓ
his Lord
أَنِّى
I am
مَغۡلُوبٌ
one overpowered
فَٱنتَصِرۡ
so help
١٠
So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."
54:11
فَفَتَحۡنَآ
So We opened
أَبۡوٰبَ
(the) gates
ٱلسَّمَآءِ
(of) heaven
بِمَآءٍ
with water
مُّنۡهَمِرٍ
pouring down
١١
Then We opened the gates of the heaven with rain pouring down
54:12
وَفَجَّرۡنَا
And We caused to burst
ٱلۡأَرۡضَ
the earth
عُيُونًا
(with) springs
فَٱلۡتَقَى
so met
ٱلۡمَآءُ
the water(s)
عَلَىٰٓ
for
أَمۡرٍ
a matter
قَدۡ
already
قُدِرَ
predestined
١٢
And caused the earth to burst with springs, and the waters met for a matter already predestined.
54:13
وَحَمَلۡنَـٰهُ
And We carried him
عَلَىٰ
on
ذَاتِ
(ark) made of planks
أَلۡوٰحٍ
(ark) made of planks
وَدُسُرٍ
and nails
١٣
And We carried him on a [construction of] planks and nails,
54:14
تَجۡرِى
Sailing
بِأَعۡيُنِنَا
before Our eyes
جَزَآءً
a reward
لِّمَن
for (he) who
كَانَ
was
كُفِرَ
denied
١٤
Sailing under Our observation as reward for he who had been denied.
54:15
وَلَقَد
And certainly
تَّرَكۡنَـٰهَآ
We left it
ءَايَةً
(as) a Sign
فَهَلۡ
so is (there)
مِن
any
مُّدَّكِرٍ
who will receive admonition
١٥
And We left it as a sign, so is there any who will remember?
54:16
فَكَيۡفَ
So how
كَانَ
was
عَذَابِى
My punishment
وَنُذُرِ
and My warnings
١٦
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.1
54:17
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
يَسَّرۡنَا
We have made easy
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
the Quran
لِلذِّكۡرِ
for remembrance
فَهَلۡ
so is (there)
مِن
any
مُّدَّكِرٍ
who will receive admonition
١٧
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
54:18
كَذَّبَتۡ
Denied
عَادٌ
Aad
فَكَيۡفَ
so how
كَانَ
was
عَذَابِى
My punishment
وَنُذُرِ
and My warnings
١٨
ʿAad denied; and how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
54:19
إِنَّآ
Indeed, We
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
[We] sent
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
upon them
رِيحًا
a wind
صَرۡصَرًا
furious
فِى
on
يَوۡمِ
a day
نَحۡسٍ
(of) misfortune
مُّسۡتَمِرٍّ
continuous
١٩
Indeed, We sent upon them a screaming wind on a day of continuous misfortune,
54:20
تَنزِعُ
Plucking out
ٱلنَّاسَ
men
كَأَنَّهُمۡ
as if they (were)
أَعۡجَازُ
trunks
نَخۡلٍ
(of) date-palms
مُّنقَعِرٍ
uprooted
٢٠
Extracting the people1 as if they were trunks of palm trees uprooted.
54:21
فَكَيۡفَ
So how
كَانَ
was
عَذَابِى
My punishment
وَنُذُرِ
and My warnings
٢١
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
54:22
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
يَسَّرۡنَا
We have made easy
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
the Quran
لِلذِّكۡرِ
for remembrance
فَهَلۡ
so is (there)
مِن
any
مُّدَّكِرٍ
who will receive admonition
٢٢
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
54:23
كَذَّبَتۡ
Denied
ثَمُودُ
Thamud
بِٱلنُّذُرِ
the warnings
٢٣
Thamūd denied the warning.
54:24
فَقَالُوٓاۡ
And said
أَبَشَرًا
Is (it) a human being
مِّنَّا
among us
وٰحِدًا
one
نَّتَّبِعُهُۥٓ
(that) we should follow him
إِنَّآ
Indeed, we
إِذًا
then
لَّفِى
(will be) surely in
ضَلَـٰلٍ
error
وَسُعُرٍ
and madness
٢٤
And said, "Is it one human being1 among us that we should follow? Indeed, we would then be in error and madness.
54:25
أَءُلۡقِىَ
Has been sent
ٱلذِّكۡرُ
the Reminder
عَلَيۡهِ
to him
مِنۢ
from
بَيۡنِنَا
among us
بَلۡ
Nay
هُوَ
he
كَذَّابٌ
(is) a liar
أَشِرٌ
insolent
٢٥
Has the message been sent down upon him from among us? Rather, he is an insolent liar."
54:26
سَيَعۡلَمُونَ
They will know
غَدًا
tomorrow
مَّنِ
who
ٱلۡكَذَّابُ
(is) the liar
ٱلۡأَشِرُ
the insolent one
٢٦
They will know tomorrow who is the insolent liar.
54:27
إِنَّا
Indeed, We
مُرۡسِلُواۡ
(are) sending
ٱلنَّاقَةِ
the she-camel
فِتۡنَةً
(as) a trial
لَّهُمۡ
for them
فَٱرۡتَقِبۡهُمۡ
so watch them
وَٱصۡطَبِرۡ
and be patient
٢٧
Indeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.1
54:28
وَنَبِّئۡهُمۡ
And inform them
أَنَّ
that
ٱلۡمَآءَ
the water
قِسۡمَةُۢ
(is) to be shared
بَيۡنَهُمۡ‌ۖ
between them
كُلُّ
each
شِرۡبٍ
drink
مُّحۡتَضَرٌ
attended
٢٨
And inform them that the water is shared between them,1 each [day of] drink attended [by turn].
54:29
فَنَادَوۡاۡ
But they called
صَاحِبَهُمۡ
their companion
فَتَعَاطَىٰ
and he took
فَعَقَرَ
and hamstrung
٢٩
But they called their companion,1 and he dared2 and hamstrung [her].
54:30
فَكَيۡفَ
So how
كَانَ
was
عَذَابِى
My punishment
وَنُذُرِ
and My warnings
٣٠
And how [severe] were My punishment and warning.
54:31
إِنَّآ
Indeed, We
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
[We] sent
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
upon them
صَيۡحَةً
thunderous blast
وٰحِدَةً
single
فَكَانُواۡ
and they became
كَهَشِيمِ
like dry twig fragments
ٱلۡمُحۡتَظِرِ
(used by) a fence builder
٣١
Indeed, We sent upon them one shriek [i.e., blast from the sky], and they became like the dry twig fragments of an [animal] pen.
54:32
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
يَسَّرۡنَا
We have made easy
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
the Quran
لِلذِّكۡرِ
for remembrance
فَهَلۡ
so is (there)
مِن
any
مُّدَّكِرٍ
who will receive admonition
٣٢
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
54:33
كَذَّبَتۡ
Denied
قَوۡمُ
(the) people
لُوطِۭ
(of) Lut
بِٱلنُّذُرِ
the warnings
٣٣
The people of Lot denied the warning.
54:34
إِنَّآ
Indeed, We
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
[We] sent
عَلَيۡهِمۡ
upon them
حَاصِبًا
a storm of stones
إِلَّآ
except
ءَالَ
(the) family
لُوطٍ‌ۖ
(of) Lut
نَّجَّيۡنَـٰهُم
We saved them
بِسَحَرٍ
by dawn
٣٤
Indeed, We sent upon them a storm of stones, except the family of Lot - We saved them before dawn.
54:35
نِّعۡمَةً
(As) a favor
مِّنۡ
from
عِندِنَا‌ۚ
Us
كَذٰلِكَ
Thus
نَجۡزِى
We reward
مَن
(one) who
شَكَرَ
(is) grateful
٣٥
As favor from Us. Thus do We reward he who is grateful.
54:36
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
أَنذَرَهُم
he warned them
بَطۡشَتَنَا
(of) Our seizure
فَتَمَارَوۡاۡ
but they disputed
بِٱلنُّذُرِ
the warnings
٣٦
And he had already warned them of Our assault, but they disputed the warning.
54:37
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
رٰوَدُوهُ
they demanded from him
عَن
they demanded from him
ضَيۡفِهِۦ
his guests
فَطَمَسۡنَآ
so We blinded
أَعۡيُنَهُمۡ
their eyes
فَذُوقُواۡ
So taste
عَذَابِى
My punishment
وَنُذُرِ
and My warnings
٣٧
And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning."
54:38
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
صَبَّحَهُم
seized them in the morning
بُكۡرَةً
early
عَذَابٌ
a punishment
مُّسۡتَقِرٌّ
abiding
٣٨
And there came upon them by morning an abiding punishment.
54:39
فَذُوقُواۡ
So taste
عَذَابِى
My punishment
وَنُذُرِ
and My warnings
٣٩
So taste My punishment and warning.
54:40
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
يَسَّرۡنَا
We have made easy
ٱلۡقُرۡءَانَ
the Quran
لِلذِّكۡرِ
for remembrance
فَهَلۡ
so is (there)
مِن
any
مُّدَّكِرٍ
who will receive admonition
٤٠
And We have certainly made the Qur’ān easy for remembrance, so is there any who will remember?
54:41
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
جَآءَ
came
ءَالَ
(to the) people
فِرۡعَوۡنَ
(of) Firaun
ٱلنُّذُرُ
warnings
٤١
And there certainly came to the people of Pharaoh warning.
54:42
كَذَّبُواۡ
They denied
بِـَٔـايَـٰتِنَا
Our Signs
كُلِّهَا
all of them
فَأَخَذۡنَـٰهُمۡ
so We seized them
أَخۡذَ
(with) a seizure
عَزِيزٍ
(of) All-Mighty
مُّقۡتَدِرٍ
(the) Powerful One
٤٢
They denied Our signs, all of them, so We seized them with a seizure of one Exalted in Might and Perfect in Ability.
54:43
أَكُفَّارُكُمۡ
Are your disbelievers
خَيۡرٌ
better
مِّنۡ
than
أُوۡلَـٰٓئِكُمۡ
those
أَمۡ
or
لَكُم
for you
بَرَآءَةٌ
(is) an exemption
فِى
in
ٱلزُّبُرِ
the Scriptures
٤٣
Are your disbelievers better than those [former ones], or have you immunity in the scriptures?
54:44
أَمۡ
Or
يَقُولُونَ
(do) they say
نَحۡنُ
We
جَمِيعٌ
(are) an assembly
مُّنتَصِرٌ
helping (each other)
٤٤
Or do they say, "We are an assembly supporting [each other]"?
54:45
سَيُهۡزَمُ
Soon will be defeated
ٱلۡجَمۡعُ
(their) assembly
وَيُوَلُّونَ
and they will turn
ٱلدُّبُرَ
(their) backs
٤٥
[Their] assembly will be defeated, and they will turn their backs [in retreat].1
54:46
بَلِ
Nay
ٱلسَّاعَةُ
the Hour
مَوۡعِدُهُمۡ
(is) their promised time
وَٱلسَّاعَةُ
and the Hour
أَدۡهَىٰ
(will be) more grievous
وَأَمَرُّ
and more bitter
٤٦
But the Hour is their appointment [for due punishment], and the Hour is more disastrous and more bitter.
54:47
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
the criminals
فِى
(are) in
ضَلَـٰلٍ
an error
وَسُعُرٍ
and madness
٤٧
Indeed, the criminals are in error and madness.1.
54:48
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
يُسۡحَبُونَ
they will be dragged
فِى
into
ٱلنَّارِ
the Fire
عَلَىٰ
on
وُجُوهِهِمۡ
their faces
ذُوقُواۡ
Taste
مَسَّ
(the) touch
سَقَرَ
(of) Hell
٤٨
The Day they are dragged into the Fire on their faces [it will be said], "Taste the touch of Saqar."1
54:49
إِنَّا
Indeed, [We]
كُلَّ
every
شَىۡءٍ
thing
خَلَقۡنَـٰهُ
We created it
بِقَدَرٍ
by a measure
٤٩
Indeed, all things We created with predestination.
54:50
وَمَآ
And not
أَمۡرُنَآ
(is) Our Command
إِلَّا
but
وٰحِدَةٌ
one
كَلَمۡحِۭ
like the twinkling
بِٱلۡبَصَرِ
(of) the eye
٥٠
And Our command is but one, like a glance of the eye.
54:51
وَلَقَدۡ
And certainly
أَهۡلَكۡنَآ
We destroyed
أَشۡيَاعَكُمۡ
your kinds
فَهَلۡ
so is (there)
مِن
any
مُّدَّكِرٍ
who will receive admonition
٥١
And We have already destroyed your kinds,1 so is there any who will remember?
54:52
وَكُلُّ
And every
شَىۡءٍ
thing
فَعَلُوهُ
they did
فِى
(is) in
ٱلزُّبُرِ
the written records
٥٢
And everything they did is in written records.
54:53
وَكُلُّ
And every
صَغِيرٍ
small
وَكَبِيرٍ
and big
مُّسۡتَطَرٌ
(is) written down
٥٣
And every small and great [thing] is inscribed.
54:54
إِنَّ
Indeed
ٱلۡمُتَّقِينَ
the righteous
فِى
(will be) in
جَنَّـٰتٍ
gardens
وَنَهَرٍ
and river
٥٤
Indeed, the righteous will be among gardens and rivers,
54:55
فِى
In
مَقۡعَدِ
a seat
صِدۡقٍ
(of) honor
عِندَ
near
مَلِيكٍ
a King
مُّقۡتَدِرِۭ
Most Powerful
٥٥
In a seat of honor near a Sovereign, Perfect in Ability.1